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Page xiii
In a leaf bud , all the appendages or leaves are in a high state of development , and the central part or axis , around which they are arranged , has a tendency to extend itself in the form of a branch as soon as the necessary stimulus ...
In a leaf bud , all the appendages or leaves are in a high state of development , and the central part or axis , around which they are arranged , has a tendency to extend itself in the form of a branch as soon as the necessary stimulus ...
Page xiv
... unusually hot damp weather late in the spring , becoming branches , bearing sepals and petals instead of leaves . ... with vigour , and without interruption , only rudiments of branches ( or leaf buds ) should be formed ; and why ...
... unusually hot damp weather late in the spring , becoming branches , bearing sepals and petals instead of leaves . ... with vigour , and without interruption , only rudiments of branches ( or leaf buds ) should be formed ; and why ...
Page xvi
When the sap is first communicated by the stem to the leaves , it has experienced but few chemical changes since it first entered the roots . Such changes as it has undergone have been due rather to the solution of some of the pre ...
When the sap is first communicated by the stem to the leaves , it has experienced but few chemical changes since it first entered the roots . Such changes as it has undergone have been due rather to the solution of some of the pre ...
Page xvii
In Thus altered in the leaves , it ceases to be what we call sap , but becomes the proper juice ; or , in other words , acquires the peculiar character of the final secretions of the individual from which it is formed .
In Thus altered in the leaves , it ceases to be what we call sap , but becomes the proper juice ; or , in other words , acquires the peculiar character of the final secretions of the individual from which it is formed .
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This is the reason why deciduous trees cannot be transplanted when in leaf ; it is impossible to remove them without injuring their spongioles , and it is equally impossible to hinder the evaporation by their leaves : but if they are ...
This is the reason why deciduous trees cannot be transplanted when in leaf ; it is impossible to remove them without injuring their spongioles , and it is equally impossible to hinder the evaporation by their leaves : but if they are ...
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Page 509 - OBSERVATIONS ON THE DISEASES, DEFECTS, AND INJURIES, | IN ALL KINDS OF FRUIT AND FOREST TREES." WITH AN ACCOUNT OF | A PARTICULAR METHOD OF CURE, | PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF GOVERNMENT.
Page 577 - ... sowing of seed for general crops until June or July. If a small quantity of each esteemed variety be sown two or three times in these months, they will produce a plentiful supply for use in autumn and the early part of winter. One ounce of good Endive-seed will produce about five thousand plants. When the plants...